We had these in our barn when we lived in San Jose
but they were in the corners of the stalls in the shade so the paddles didn't
get hot. The only thing that I don't like about auto waters
is:
One time we had a water pipe bust in a stall, in
the winter, at night, and one of my horses bedding got wet, and she was wet, she
didn't have a good night that night! Luckily the water ran out the back of
the stall and not thru the breeze way into my hay storage.
With the auto water drinkers I can't tell how much
my horses are drinking.
So at our new place we have stock tanks in each of
the horse pens that I manually fill up. This way I know the water is
fresh, and I can monitor how much they are drinking and I don't have to worry
about busted pipes in the stalls! Plus I have a couple of horses that like
to play in the water, and they can't do that with the cup auto
waters.
I recall Susan Garlinghouse posting a warning about this kind of waterer
a few weeks ago...she was seeing problems with horses in Calif. not drinking
due to the paddles getting too hot to touch, and horses standing and
staring at the empty waterer, wanting to drink. She saw a number of
impaction colics in rapid succession that she suspected were due to inadequate
drinking.
Had the same
thought...here in Nevada...that's a big no no...Cora
Jonni
wrote:
> Just by looking at the picture, that metal
"pad" at the bottom of the > bowl, looks like it would get really hot in
the summer sun. Would YOU > push against it with your lips to get water
more than once, if it is > hot???? >
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